Tarekith: Recent Episodes
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“Following The Sun” started out as a little sketch I was working on in Auxy on my iPhone. I was sitting on a park bench in Ghent, Belgium, on the last little side trip my wife and I would take while living in Europe. It was one of those perfect Spring nights, and the sunset lasted for hours it felt like. Definitely a feeling of closure in this song for me, putting one chapter of my life behind me and looking forward to the next.
The initial Auxy sketch I made was exported into Ableton Live 10, where I did all the arranging, editing, and mixing. On top of the core Auxy ideas, there’s bits and pieces of OB-6, Wavetable, and my acoustic guitar through the Timeline and HOF. Mixed entirely using Live 10’s plug-ins, mastering via DMG’s Equilibrium and Limitless.
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This song initially began as a sketch on my Novation Circuit over the summer. Nothing like sitting outside and jamming out some ideas on a nice little battery-powered device like that. Especially since now that it’s cold out, I can take those sketches and use not only the sounds, but also vibe I had at the time in something a bit more fleshed out.
All the drums, percussion, bassline, and a couple of the synths were from the Circuit, recorded into Ableton Live for arranging and mixing. On top of those sounds, I overdubbed more instrument parts from the DSI OB-6, Moog Animoog, and Live’s new Wavetable synth. The mixdown was done with only Live 10’s included devices, and mastering was nothing more than DMG Audio’s Limitless plug-in on the master channel to top off a few stray peaks.
Really happy with the vibe of this song, a sort of shifting uncertainty that reflects that change from summer to fall. As always, hope you enjoy!
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